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| the ideology of governing the nation as a republic where the people rule, unlike a monarchy or a dictatorship. Became strong American value after the Revolutionary War. |
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| powers not written down, because not all the rules can be written down for all time, and they are given to the constituent states |
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| Constitution contains no assurance of right to privacy but through the Bill of Rights, the right of privacy is assumed and says that someone has a right to be secluded and to have a right to their own private space |
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| made having an abortion legal because it fell under the right to privacy through due process of the 14th amendment |
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| the issue is whether or not people should be allowed to own and use firearms. There is an argument for both sides: one that it is way too easy for criminal to get firearms and the other side argues that people have a right to defend themselves and that if owning weapons was made illegal then the government would be turning a lot of people into criminals |
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